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May 12, 2026 Eugene Park

Third-party practice after the AVOID Act: What defense counsel and claims professionals must know now

In his feature for The Daily Record and Rochester Business Journal, Coffey Modica LLP Counsel Mostafa Soliman explains how New York’s AVOID Act — effective for actions commenced on or after April 18, 2026 — replaces the state’s traditional, flexible impleader standard with a strict “use it or lose it” framework.

“A missed impleader deadline does not just close a procedural door, but it can also eliminate indemnification recovery, extinguish contribution rights, and fundamentally alter the economics of a claim.”

Read the full article to see how missing this tight new timeline could permanently turn a fully indemnifiable claim into a catastrophic, unrecoverable loss: